cooperage

American  

[koo-per-ij, koop-er-] / ˈku pər ɪdʒ, ˈkʊp ər- /

noun

1. the work or business of a cooper.

2. the place where such work is carried on.

3. articles made by a cooper, as barrels or casks.

4. the price paid or charged for coopers' work.

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cooperage British  

/ ˈkuːpərɪdʒ /

noun

1. Also called: coopery.  the craft, place of work, or products of a cooper

2. the labour fee charged by a cooper

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Etymology

Origin of cooperage

1425–75; late Middle English. See cooper, -age

Example Sentences

This means his pickle company is also part cooperage.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2020

The silo was about eight feet across and thirty feet high, with boards of unvarnished yellow pine as tightly fitted as cooperage.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 4, 2019

Small tour groups will be taken round six "pillars" of whisky-making, including cask cooperage and maturation.

From BBC • May 21, 2018

Other companies added employees and equipment: Brown-Forman, which already owned a cooperage in Kentucky, built another in Alabama to meet internal demand, and Black Swan opened its own stave mill.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2016

He walked along toward the cooperage with Nat.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham